Crown attorney Power described Nina Willis as a “seasoned and practiced liar” and commented that she regarded her landlords as “prey”.

Former landlords testified that Willis at first appeared to be a “charming and responsible tenant” until her rent payments stopped. Willis claimed a variety of reasons for stopping payment, but despite her complaints, she lost seven tenant board appeals.

Her trial became dramatic when Willis fired her lawyer, alleged conspiracy theories against her, attempted to “plead the fifth” (a reference to the United States “fifth amendment”), and when the jury heard references to un unnamed star of the movie Titanic.

Canadian authorities have frozen bank accounts in the ongoing fraud and money laundering case against Dr. Arthur Porter and former executives with engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Read more …

Police allege that Porter, his wife, and other conspirators received $22.5 million in bribes from SNC-Lavalin executives to assure that SNC-Lavalin won the contract for MUHC’s massive new hospital.

Crown prosecutors have issued forfeiture orders for accounts in the name of Porter, his wife, and a number of others. The orders relate to accounts in the Bahamas, Sierra Leone, Canada, and the USA. Forfeiture orders are also being sought in the name of an alleged conspirator.

This announcement comes shortly after CBC reports of documents in the Pamela Porter case which reveal shell companies being used in the ongoing Porter/SNC-Lavalin fraud and money laundering case.

Calgary Sun: RCMP are investigating alleged fraud at Via Rail. The suspected fraud totalled hundreds of thousands of dollars. Via Rail is reported to have hired the manager involved despite her prior conviction for theft. Read more …

The alleged fraudster was previously a senior manager at Bombardier Aerospace, and was convicted and sentenced in 2010 for stealing computers from Bombardier.

Do you have a news, court or regulatory body report relating to an interesting fraud case? Comment on this posting or Tweet @fighting_fraud to share your Web links of publicly available fraud news and case information.

Vanessa G. Oltmann
Education and integrity – the best weapons against fraud and corruption

The CRA discusses an increasing concern regarding volunteer fraudsters and the security steps they are taking in the January 16 article “Fraud fears prompt revenue agency to tighten checks on volunteer tax helpers”. The article is available at the link below.

Hi, Alyssa
Thanks for making a note of this. Unfortunately it seems that the link you posted is no longer showing that case. I think it’s a situation where the page is updated daily for the newest news.

Kevyn Frederick was the center of attention in Edmonton in the Summer of 2013. He leveraged several properties against one another and signed a variety of bad business deals in order to appropriate millions of dollars. In the fallout of his discovery several people lost their investments in a Leduc condo complex. His actions also resulted in the shutting down of a newly built Christian based community center and the forcing of the iconic Chateau Lacombe Hotel into receivership. The following articles describe Frederick’s scam.

CBC News reported about a Calgary woman who is accused of using fraudulently obtained credit card numbers in the January 15, 2015 article “Woman charged in $44K credit card fraud against 3 gas stations.” The article is available at the link below.

CBC New Reporter Terry Reith talks about mass marketing scams resulting in close to $30 million in the December 31, 2010 article “Canadian fraud cases rose in 2010. Shifting from identity theft to marketing scams”. The link to the article is provided below:

Superintendent violates position of trust; forced to repay $29000 and serve 12 month house arrest. Over a 5 year period, Richard Harvey made false expense claims while working for a northern Alberta School District. The article is available at the link below:

The Canadian Press published an article on CTV News Website January 22, 2014 about two Alberta men who were charged in a $23 Million dollar fraud case involving 1,300 investors. This article is available from the link below:

CBC’s coverage of Victoria’s Ian Gregory Thow in their article “Thow gets 9 years for defrauding investors” from March 4, 2010 (the links following the initial link is coverage of Thow’s case in regards to parole.

This is a nice collection of Ian Gregory Thow articles. This court case from the Eron Mortgage fraud shows how long it can take for a case to come to a conclusion in the courts after the fraud is discovered.
Vanessa

Thanks, Hamdi. I’ve been looking for further news about this case, but haven’t found any. If any comes across more recent news of the Contrete Equities case, let me know. The most recent news I see is from February 2014.
Vanessa

This is an interesting case about European Distribution Fraud – where a fraudster claims to be a UK company and places a large order for goods from a European company, receives the order but never pays for it. It’s good to see active enforcement going on in this international category of fraud.
Vanessa

CBC News profiled a fraudster romancing victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars on March 27,2014 CBC article “Convicted fraudster charged in $88K Vancouver scam”. The article is available at the link below.

Richard Harvey, a top administrator with the largest school district in Newfoundland and Labrador has been charged with fraudulent activity and has been convicted for 12 months house arrest for stealing an amount of $29,000 while working as a board superintendent in Alberta.